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The Internet Archive Software Collection

The Internet Archive Software Collection is the largest vintage and historical software library in the world, providing instant access to millions of programs, CD-ROM images, documentation and multimedia.

The collection includes a broad range of software related materials including shareware, freeware, video news releases about software titles, speed runs of actual software game play, previews and promos for software games, high-score and skill replays of various game genres, and the art of f...



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Archive CD Software
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Topic: archive cd software
Bus Simulator Indonesia Mods and Models
Bus Simulator Indonesia Mods and Models
collection
415
ITEMS
60,150
VIEWS
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Bus Simulator Indonesia, or BUSSID, is a mobile game developed by Maleo. It comes with 3D graphics and offers two modes, letting you choose your preferred gameplay option to ensure that you're comfortable as you play. Despite being a free-to-play game, this game does not have obstructive ads while you drive.
CD-ROM User Contributions
CD-ROM User Contributions
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6,282
ITEMS
1.8M
VIEWS
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A collection of automatically matched CD-ROM (as well as general disc image) items that are awaiting sorting into other relevant subcollections.
CDI Press Discs and Prototypes
CDI Press Discs and Prototypes
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24
ITEMS
7,024
VIEWS
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From an anonymous donor, this collection of disc images were provided to press outlets for use in reviewing CD-I games and titles. As lead time (time between finishing layout and printing) could be as much as 30 or 60 days, developers often would have to send press versions of the games that were not quite ready. These are a selection of those discs.
COVID-19 Apps
COVID-19 Apps
collection
258
ITEMS
5,291
VIEWS
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COVID-19 Apps
Topics: coronavirus, covid-19, apps
Classic PC Games
Classic PC Games
collection
15,923
ITEMS
19.9M
VIEWS
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Take a step back in time and revisit your favorite DOS and Windows games. The files available in this collection consist primarily of PC demos, freeware, and shareware. These files are the original releases which will require intermediate to advanced knowledge to install and run on modern operating systems.  Where possible online play is enabled to enjoy the game directly in your browser. New files are added to this collection on a regular basis. Specific news regarding major updates...
Topics: PC Games, Vintage computer games, Windows games, DOS games
Computers on Tape (Not Computer Tapes)
Computers on Tape (Not Computer Tapes)
collection
284
ITEMS
87,300
VIEWS
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A collection of the documentation, images, and digitized tapes related to a family of machines that provided electronic entertainment primarily based off audio and video tape. This includes the Tiger 2-XL, a tape machine with a robot personality, as well as Tele-Story and other related systems. This approach fell by the wayside with more and more inexpensive solid-state and digital products.
Dwarf Fortress archive
Dwarf Fortress archive
collection
165
ITEMS
11,257
VIEWS
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A collection of releases of the simulation/roguelike video game  Dwarf Fortress . Developed by brothers Tarn and Zach Adams, the game was first publicly released in 2006 and is still in development as of 2022. These files have been mirrored from the  Bay 12 Games  website in case older versions are ever removed or the website goes down.
Topics: Dwarf Fortress, Bay 12 Games, Tarn Adams, Toady One, Zach Adams, ThreeToe
Flux dumps
collection
623
ITEMS
37,822
VIEWS
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A collection of high-quality preservation copies of  vintage software, with an emphasis on NEC PC-9800 and PC-8800 series computers
Topics: PC-98, PC-88, Floppy Disk, Greaseweazle
Github Mirror by Narabot
Github Mirror by Narabot
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38,243
ITEMS
6.3M
VIEWS
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A collection of github projects and software automatically acquired by Narabot.
Google Play Android Apps
Google Play Android Apps
collection
461,811
ITEMS
378
VIEWS
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Google Play , formerly Android Market, is a digital distribution service operated and developed by Google. It serves as the official app store for the Android operating system, allowing users to browse and download applications developed with the Android software development kit and published through Google.  ( Wikipedia )
Topics: google play, android, mobile apps
Harry Potter CD-ROM & DVD-ROM Software
Harry Potter CD-ROM & DVD-ROM Software
collection
97
ITEMS
82,262
VIEWS
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Harry Potter Computer & Video Game History + more!
Topics: Harry Potter, Harry Potter PC, Harry Potter Computer Games, Software Preservation, Digital...
Kodi Archive and Support File Collection
Kodi Archive and Support File Collection
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47,114
ITEMS
411.5M
VIEWS
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Kodi (formerly XBMC) is a free and open-source media player software application developed by the XBMC Foundation, a non-profit technology consortium. Kodi is available for multiple operating systems and hardware platforms, with a software 10-foot user interface for use with televisions and remote controls. It allows users to play and view most streaming media, such as videos, music, podcasts, and videos from the Internet, as well as all common digital media files from local and network storage...
Kryoflux Fluxes
Kryoflux Fluxes
collection
347
ITEMS
269,343
VIEWS
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Information and generated files related to the Kryoflux imaging system.
Linuxbrew Bottles Archive
Linuxbrew Bottles Archive
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8,923
ITEMS
40,792
VIEWS
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Homebrew is the easiest and most flexible way to install the UNIX tools Apple didn’t include with macOS. It can also install software not packaged for your Linux distribution to your home directory without requiring sudo.
MUGEN Characters
MUGEN Characters
collection
305
ITEMS
35,504
VIEWS
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Mugen (stylized as M.U.G.E.N) is a freeware 2D fighting game engine designed by Elecbyte. Content is created by the community, and thousands of fighters, both original and from popular fiction, have been created.
Macintosh Garden Collection
Macintosh Garden Collection
collection
342
ITEMS
81,040
VIEWS
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A 2018 mirror of the contents of The Macintosh Garden, a world-class Macintosh software retrospective archive.
Manic Miners software and levels
Manic Miners software and levels
collection
228
ITEMS
11,445
VIEWS
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A collection of items related to Manic Miners , an unofficial remake of the 1999 real-time strategy game  LEGO Rock Raiders . This collection includes older versions of the game, level-creation tools, and community-created custom levels. Levels are available as .DAT files, which can be placed into the game's custom levels directory, usually found in the user's Documents folder. To view only custom levels, select the "data" media type. To view only map tools and old versions...
Topics: Manic Miners, LEGO, LEGO Rock Raiders, Rock Raiders, Manic Miners custom levels, custom levels,...
Mature CD-ROMs
Mature CD-ROMs
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2,706
ITEMS
3.1M
VIEWS
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CD-ROMs and DVDs of adult material, often digitized images or (very) short film clips. Popular for a short time in the era of the 1990s before DVD availability and lower costs of duplication ended the market.
MilkDrop Preset Collection
MilkDrop Preset Collection
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42,473
ITEMS
1M
VIEWS
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MilkDrop is a hardware-accelerated music visualization plugin for Winamp, which was originally developed by Ryan Geiss in 2001. It uses DirectX and intelligent beat detection to render iterated images which blend seamlessly. MilkDrop uses a complex system of interpolation to transition between presets gradually through time, creating a constantly changing visual experience.
NASA 3D Resources
NASA 3D Resources
collection
94
ITEMS
29,580
VIEWS
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Here you'll find a growing collection of 3D models, textures, and images from inside NASA. All of these resources are free to download and use.
Operating System Software
Operating System Software
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5,992
ITEMS
12.9M
VIEWS
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Operating systems installation and maintenance media from a wide variety of sources.
Osu! Skins
Osu! Skins
collection
571
ITEMS
261,817
VIEWS
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The osu! skins collection is based on a love for the rhythm game and community associated with it. From anime, to memes, to aesthetically appealing layouts, this archive serves to preserve the many unique designs the game and community has had to offer since 2007.
Topics: osu, skin, skins
PS1 Press Discs and Prototypes
PS1 Press Discs and Prototypes
collection
372
ITEMS
125,972
VIEWS
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From an anonymous donor, this collection of disc images were provided to press outlets for use in reviewing Playstation (PSX) games and titles. As lead time (time between finishing layout and printing) could be as much as 30 or 60 days, developers often would have to send press versions of the games that were not quite ready. These are a selection of those discs.
PS2 Press Discs and Prototypes
PS2 Press Discs and Prototypes
collection
773
ITEMS
467,054
VIEWS
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From an anonymous donor, this collection of disc images were provided to press outlets for use in reviewing Playstation 2 (PS2) games and titles. As lead time (time between finishing layout and printing) could be as much as 30 or 60 days, developers often would have to send press versions of the games that were not quite ready. These are a selection of those discs.
PlayStation (PSX) Homebrews
PlayStation (PSX) Homebrews
collection
511
ITEMS
74,181
VIEWS
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This collection seeks to gather all games and software created for the Sony PlayStation (PSX, PS1) by non-professional developers. PlayStation homebrews include games created as part of the official Net Yaroze program as well as games, applications and scene demos created by people with no connection to Sony.
Topic: PS1 homebrew
PlayStation 2 Homebrews
PlayStation 2 Homebrews
collection
236
ITEMS
108,597
VIEWS
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This collection seeks to gather all games and software created for the Sony PlayStation 2 by non-professional developers.
Topic: PS2 homebrew
PlayStation Portable Library: Homebrews
PlayStation Portable Library: Homebrews
collection
3,950
ITEMS
1.8M
VIEWS
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This collection seeks to gather all games and software created for the PlayStation Portable by non-professional developers. Homebrew projects vary enormously in quality and scope - some are created by a single individual in a few days, while others are made by organized teams of amateurs over the arc of months, or even years. All these projects stand as a testament of the creative spirit of the PSP homebrew scene during its heyday in the mid- to late-2000s. Japanese keywords:...
Topics: software, softwarelibrary, playstation portable
PlayStation Portable Library: Plugins
PlayStation Portable Library: Plugins
collection
223
ITEMS
3,899
VIEWS
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This collection seeks to gather all plugins created for the Sony PlayStation Portable by non-professional developers.
Topics: PSP homebrew, plugin
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A very large collection of contributed ROM images, acquired by a large variety of methods and sources.
Saturn Press Discs and Prototypes
Saturn Press Discs and Prototypes
collection
85
ITEMS
18,091
VIEWS
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From an anonymous donor, this collection of disc images were provided to press outlets for use in reviewing Sega Saturn games and titles. As lead time (time between finishing layout and printing) could be as much as 30 or 60 days, developers often would have to send press versions of the games that were not quite ready. These are a selection of those discs.
by Various
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A collection of collections; scene notices and .NFO files, files that would accompany pirated or distributed files, often including information, instructions, or social notes.
Scratch File Software Collection
Scratch File Software Collection
collection
96
ITEMS
5,667
VIEWS
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Scratch files are files used by the scratch tool / programming language, these files are used to save your scratch projects to your computer locally rather than on scratch servers. There is a separate file type per version of scratch, sb, sb2.  and sb3. These files can be upgraded, but not easily downgraded.
Topics: Scratch, Scratch Files, Scratch Games
Sharp X68000 Software
Sharp X68000 Software
collection
1
ITEMS
1,149
VIEWS
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XML Metadata Games, demos and other software created for the Sharp X68000 home computer.
Software Cassettes and Datasettes
Software Cassettes and Datasettes
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10
ITEMS
1,064
VIEWS
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Cassettes containing software, loaded into older computers. Not playable on audio players.
Software Clearance Bin
Software Clearance Bin
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20,357
ITEMS
24.5M
VIEWS
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Uploaded software from a variety of sources, indicating in some way it was once a professional product. They have not been vetted for accuracy and only general malware/virus checks. Items are added to this collection automatically.
Software History Collection
Software History Collection
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7,752
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3.3M
VIEWS
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This collection consists of historical materials (often texts or writings) around the creation of software. In general, applications and code are not here but located elsewhere.
Software Sites Collection
Software Sites Collection
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34,234
ITEMS
12.7M
VIEWS
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Software Sites are collections of software available on websites over the last few decades that were mirrored at the Archive and then left in a dormant state. While the data on them is still valid, it is likely that many of the still-maintained files will have much more prominent versions, which will have bugfixes and other important updates.
Software Workbench: C64
Software Workbench: C64
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1,521
ITEMS
107,986
VIEWS
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Emulated Commodore 64 disks that did not boot somewhere useful and should be looked at or taken out of circulation completely.
Suomipelit.com files
Suomipelit.com files
collection
240
ITEMS
5,256
VIEWS
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Suomipelit.com (2001-2010) was a news site for Finnish video games. It reported on Finnish game industry news with an admiration of a true fan site. This collection hosts the file archive of said site, consisting of Finnish shareware and freeware games as well as some updates for commercial titles. Title and creator metadata has been programmatically collected from the file_id.diz files inside the zip archives.
Topics: video games, finnish, fan sites, suomipelit
Team 17 Archives
Team 17 Archives
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13
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12,380
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This historic data was salvaged and uploaded by Perifractic's Retro Recipes with the consent of Team17 Group PLC. Your support is appreciated:  http://patreon.com/perifractic This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial- NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit  http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/  or send a letter to Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA. Enjoy the trip...
The Dataset Collection
The Dataset Collection
collection
9,794
ITEMS
1.2M
VIEWS
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The Dataset Collection consists of large data archives from both sites and individuals.
The Emulation Station
The Emulation Station
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82,660
ITEMS
31.3M
VIEWS
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Using the EMULARITY, a loading system of browser-based emulators, it is possible to play hundreds of thousands of programs, games and applications from previous years at the Internet Archive. Click to different sets of collections to try different themed works.
The Ephemeral Software Collection
The Ephemeral Software Collection
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486
ITEMS
13,038
VIEWS
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A  collection of software worlds by Leonard Richardson. His description of the project: ESC: the Ephemeral Software Collection As the Minecraft Archive Project grew, I started getting data from sites like CurseForge and GitHub which contain both Minecraft and non-Minecraft stuff. I started the Ephemeral Software Collection to hold the non-Minecraft stuff. Before long, the ESC became larger than the Minecraft Archive Project that spawned it—over four terabytes as of February 2016. You...
The Good Old Days IBM PC Floppy Collection
The Good Old Days IBM PC Floppy Collection
collection
3,537
ITEMS
1.5M
VIEWS
by goodolddays.net
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Classic games (and some applications) preserved in their originally published format
Topics: IBM PC, Floppy Images
The Internet Scala Archive
The Internet Scala Archive
collection
61
ITEMS
1,845
VIEWS
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A community-built archive of microtonal scales from around the world.
Topic: scalaformat
The Phone Software Archive
The Phone Software Archive
collection
154,812
ITEMS
589.5M
VIEWS
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A collection of applications and programs for smartphones, including Android, Apple and... well, the others.
The Software Capsules Compilation
The Software Capsules Compilation
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8,980
ITEMS
77.6M
VIEWS
by Various
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As older software falls out of accessibility, various groups and individuals have created large compilations of wide ranges of titles and works, resulting in often-very-large compilations that are then accessible in bulk. Some are well-maintained catalogs while others are simply mega-size archive files. This collection compiles the compilations into one place.
The Vintage Software Collection
The Vintage Software Collection
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243,190
ITEMS
233.4M
VIEWS
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The Vintage Software collection gathers various efforts by groups to classify, preserve, and provide historical software. These older programs, many of them running on defunct and rare hardware, are provided for purposes of study, education, and historical reference. 
Tor Project Archives
Tor Project Archives
collection
4,597
ITEMS
49,297
VIEWS
by The Tor Project
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Archived versions of Tor Browser and other Tor Project artifacts. This item is maintained by the Tor Project organization for historical interest and research use, not as a primary installation mechanism. Please visit  https://torproject.org/  to download and install Tor software.
Wii Press Discs and Prototypes
Wii Press Discs and Prototypes
collection
114
ITEMS
11,949
VIEWS
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From an anonymous donor, this collection of disc images were provided to press outlets for use in reviewing Nintendo Wii games and titles. As lead time (time between finishing layout and printing) could be as much as 30 or 60 days, developers often would have to send press versions of the games that were not quite ready. These are a selection of those discs.
Winamp Skins: Mature
Winamp Skins: Mature
collection
366
ITEMS
65,585
VIEWS
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Winamp Skins: Modern Versions
Winamp Skins: Modern Versions
collection
955
ITEMS
66,627
VIEWS
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A collection of sets and collections of skins (replacement interfaces) for the long-lived computer audio program Winamp. This is the modern versions of winamp skins, which has additional settings.
Windows Desktop Themes
Windows Desktop Themes
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11,698
ITEMS
3.6M
VIEWS
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A collection of themes for Windows, including versions 3.1, 95, and others.
Wordpress Themes
Wordpress Themes
collection
310
ITEMS
43,070
VIEWS
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A very large collection of themes for the blog software "Wordpress". Compatibility and completeness not guaranteed.
XBOX 360 Press Discs and Prototypes
XBOX 360 Press Discs and Prototypes
collection
207
ITEMS
17,798
VIEWS
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From an anonymous donor, this collection of disc images were provided to press outlets for use in reviewing XBOX 360 (XBOX360) games and titles. As lead time (time between finishing layout and printing) could be as much as 30 or 60 days, developers often would have to send press versions of the games that were not quite ready. These are a selection of those discs.